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WordPress search and AI, explained plainly

Written for the person who runs the site. Each guide covers every option we know of, including the free ones, and says where AskMyPages fits.

• How to make PDFs searchable on WordPress

  WordPress search never looks inside a PDF. Four ways to fix that, from pasting the text into a page to a search that reads the PDF and cites the page number.

• Why WordPress search is bad, and how to fix it

  The built-in search matches words, not meaning, and skips PDFs, custom fields and synonyms. What it actually does, and four fixes from free settings to AI answers.

• Adding an AI assistant to a WordPress site without lock-in

  The questions to ask before adding an AI chat or answer assistant to WordPress: where your content goes, what it costs when it goes wrong, and what you keep if you leave.